Plant of the Week: Purple Coneflower
The purple coneflower is a flowering plant that blooms from June to August with beautiful pink and purple flowers. The plant has a history in herbal medicine and attracts pollinators such as bees and butterflies as well as hummingbirds. It’s best to plant purple coneflowers in areas that get at least six to eight hours of full sunlight each day. The plant grows about 2-4’ tall.
What’s Happening in the Green Academy This Week?
Big news! Our baby chicks have recently moved into their new forever home - built to accommodate them as they grow and start producing eggs. We are currently in the process of training these chicks to explore the fields near their coop to eat plants, and to come back to their coops at the end of the day for ‘dinner.’ The more these chicks are being carefully picked up and handled by humans, the more comfortable they are becoming with being around us. Most of our major projects are now complete as the school year is coming to an end, and our last major project is to continue working on a woodshop in the old sheep cage. Our habitat field is progressing nicely and some of the seeds have begin to sprout with wildflowers and native grasses appearing.
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